Notes, 2021-04-09.
After almost seven and a half years in publication, this newsletter crossed 10,000 subscribers last month - and then almost immediately jumped to 11,000.
Spencer Wright
Spencer Wright is the (mostly accidental) founder of Scope of Work, which he started writing (as The Prepared) in 2013. Today he serves as its editor-in-chief and chief dilettante.
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